Vehicle-gear.



No. 746,219. I PATENTED DEC. 8, 190 3.

F. B. WILGOX.

VEHICLE GEAR.

I APPLICATION FILED :TUHLY 22, 1903. no MODEL. 2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

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I UNITE STATES.

Patented December 8, 1903.

PATENT ()FFICE.

FRANK'E: WILcoX, OF MEGHANIOSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

VlEHlCLE-GEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. "7 46319, dated December 8, 1903.

. Application filed J'nly 1903.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, FRANK E. WILOOX, a

citizen of the United States,. residing at Mechanicsbnrg,inthe county of Cu mberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in'Vehicle-Gears, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is the production of an improved gear for vehicles which shallcomprise :few parts and each part be simple in shape and easily formed, which shall be strong and durable and not liable to be-. come deranged in use, which shall be adapted for attachment to axles and axles and beds without the necessity of making any changes or alterations in the said axles or axle-beds, and which withal shall constitntea simple and improved means for performing the requisite functions.

My invention consists in certain novelties of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate an example of the physical embodiment of the invention constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practica application of the principle.-

Figure 1 is a front view in elevation of an distance above the top of the axle-clip. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the clip. Fig; 5i1lusaxle-yoke, also showing the location of the nut which'secures the yoke to the rear perforated belt of the clip.

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Fig. 2 is a sectional view of Fig. 1,

Serial No. 166,645. (No man meral l designates the axle;-2, the axle-bed; 3, the clip, which in this instance has a front anda rear prong. 4is the front threaded bolt 0f the clip; 5, the rear threaded bolt end'of the clip, formed somewhat larger in diameter than the front threadedholt; 6, a holein the rear threaded boltend to receive the kingbolt; 7, a conical seat in the end of the rear threaded end of the clip for receivin g a bracehead; 8, the king-bolt lug-g 9, the lineon which the metalis cut from the body of metal constituting the rear prong of the clip; 10, a hole in the rear prongof the clip formed by removing the metal which constitutesthe king-bolt lug; 11, the axle-yoke; 12, a hole in the front end of the yoke;13, ahole'in the rear end of the yoke; 14, the front nut, which engages the front bolt end of'the clip; 15, a not which engages the rear threaded bolt end of the clip and bears against the lower surface of the axle-yoke; 16,the head-block plate;

17, the head-block lug perforated to receive the king-bolt; 18, the head-block;j'19, the up- ,per and lower members of the fifth-wheel,

(shown in dottedlinest) 20, the king-bolt; 21,

the brace-head, and 22 is a nut which engages the threaded end of the king-bolt and secures the brace-head within the conical re- ,cess at the lower end of the rear threade bolt of the clip.

It will be observed that-in manufacturing the clip an excessof metal is present at the rear surface of the rear prong of the clip, that the metallic part 8 is severed from the clip upon the line 9 9, and that this metal is afterthe same.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, it becomes obvious that I have produced a vehicle-gear which fulfils all the conditions set forth as the object and end of my invention.. While ICO I have illustrated but one example of its physical embodiment, it is to be understood that in practice changes and alterations may be introduced. For instance, I may in some cases omit the king-bolt lug 8 altogether without impairing the efficiency of the gear, for it will be observed that in drawing the strains will be taken by the king-bolt primarily and transmitted through the brace and head-block plate and reach-irons to the reach or reaches. Other changes may be made without constituting substantial departures.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination in a vehicle-gear, of a clip having the front threaded bolt end 4, rear threaded and perforated bolt end 5, axle-yoke perforated at the ends, nut 14 upon bolt end 4, nut 15 upon the rear bolt end and bearing against the yoke, a perforated lug 8 separate from the bolt end 5,a brace,a head-block plate, and a king-bolt, said king-bolt being passed through a lug upon the head-block plate, the hole in the rear threaded bolt of the clip, the head of the brace, and secured in position by a nut.

2. The combination in a vehicle-gear, of a clip having the front bolt end 4, rear threaded and perforated bolt end 5, axle-yoke perforated at the ends, nut 14 upon the bolt end4, nut 15 upon the rear bolt end and bearing against the yoke, a separate perforated lug 8 located above the bolt end 5 and in line therewith, a head-block plate, a brace-head, and a king-bolt; said rear bolt end 5 having a recess in its lower end to receive the end of the brace-head.

3. A clip 3 having a front threaded bolt end 4, a rear bolt end 5, and a perforated kingbolt lug 8 cut from the rear prong of the clip and turned upwardly to a horizontal position.

4. A clip having a front threaded bolt end 4, a rear and perforated bolt end 5, and a king-bolt lug 8; the rear prong of said clip being provided with an opening 10, in substance as set forth.

5. A vehicle-clip having a front threaded bolt end 4, a rear portion and a perforated lug 8 formed by cutting the metal from the rear portion of the clip and turning the same to a horizontal position, in substance as set forth.

6. The combination in a vehicle-gear, of a head-block plate provided with a perforated lug, a clip having a front bolt end 4, a rear threaded and perforated bolt end 5, a perforated king-bolt lug 8, an axle-yoke held in position by bolts 14 and 15, a brace-head, and a kingbolt and n ut uniting the several parts; an open space being left between the lug of the head-block plate and the king-bolt lug on the clip whereby when the members of the fifth-wheel are in frictional contact the lug upon the head-block plate will not engage the clip or lug located upon the clip.

7. A clip having a front threaded bolt end 4, a rear threaded and perforated bolt end 5, and a perforated lug 8; the perforated lug 8 and the perforated bolt end 5 being adapted to receive a king-bolt, and bolt ends 4 and 5 adapted to be secured to a yoke by nuts.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK E. WILCOX.

Witnesses:

ALBERT ROBBINS, V. HOWLAND. 

